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Driver/Sales Workers pay in Alaska and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Driver/Sales Workers is $48,420 per year in Alaska. It is $41,600 per year in District of Columbia. Alaska is 16.4% above District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,270 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 1,020 in District of Columbia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings